The Journey Begins for School Board Toppers in India today at BITS Pilani

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(Free-Press-Release.com) July 30, 2009 -- BITS Pilani is a University established vide Sec.3 of the UGC Act, 1956 under notification No. F.12-23/63.U-2 of June 18, 1964. The Birla Institute of Technology and Science popularly known as BITS which is a multi-campus university with campuses in India at Pilani (Rajasthan), Goa and Hyderabad and international campus at Dubai (UAE) gets its position among top ranking universities for a variety of reasons.

BITS has been accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council – NAAC with a CGPA of 3.71 out of 4 and VERY GOOD status. For the year 2009, surveys by leading media giants which include India Today, Outlook and LiveMint have ranked BITS Pilani among top 10 T schools. BITS is well known for its transparency in selection criteria based on the online BITSAT examination for all its degree programs.

One special feature of BITS admissions for the past several decades has been the Direct Admission to Board Toppers from different Central and State Boards which has given year after year, a very vital input of highly meritorious students from all over India. It is essential that the Board topper should have taken Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry which must be included in calculating the aggregate.

In both the years 2005 and 2006, 27 Board Toppers joined BITS Pilani. Year 2007 had a peak of 31 Board Toppers opting for BITS Pilani while year 2008 had 25 toppers.

For year 2009, 27 toppers have taken admissions under this scheme out of which 25 opted for the Pilani campus while one each opted for the Goa and Hyderabad campuses. This year board toppers come from different boards which include Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttarakhand (Uttaranchal) and Uttar Pradesh.

In the freshmen orientation on 30 July 2009, Vice Chancellor Dr LK Maheshwari gave a special welcome to the board toppers who chose to join BITS Pilani for the year 2009.

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